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                    <b>National Flag of Canada Day</b> (<a
                      href="/wiki/French_language"
                      title="French language"
                      >French</a
                    >: <i lang="fr">Jour du drapeau national du Canada</i>),
                    commonly shortened to <b>Flag Day</b>, is observed annually
                    on February 15 to commemorate the inauguration of the
                    <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Canada" title="Flag of Canada"
                      >flag of Canada</a
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                    on that date in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"
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                    >
                    The day is marked by flying the flag, occasional public
                    ceremonies and educational programs in schools. It is not a
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                    Amid
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                      >much controversy</a
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                    <a
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                    in 1964 voted to adopt a new design for the
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                    and issued a call for submissions.<sup
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                    This flag would replace the
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                    >, which had been, with various successive alterations, in
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                      id="cite_ref-:1_3-0"
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                        ><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span
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                    National Flag of Canada Day was instituted in 1996 by an
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                    from
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                    <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg</a>,
                    <a
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                    >
                    observed Flag Day by presenting two citizens, whose work
                    honoured the
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                    >, with Canadian flags that had flown over the
                    <a href="/wiki/Peace_Tower" title="Peace Tower"
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                    patriotism.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"
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